Apps not staying installed - Motorola Photon 4G

Some of my apps are not staying installed. Anyone else ever run into this problem? Then when I go into the settings/manage applications the com/blahblahblah file is there with a little SD card image next to it but nothing actually installed. I do not move the apps to the SD card either.

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I have this very same issue on the stock rom, I am rooted running ADW ex I notice that an application is no longer installed after random reboots. Never consistently though. one random sd card app will disappear from my list of applications and would have to reinstall it from the android market or reboot several times and it may come back on its own.

Wow thats so weird. I swear I made a post about this back in Sept and people probably thought I was crazy lol. I would reboot and my XDA or Riptide Gp would always disappear. I couldn't understand it, those suckers were deleting themselves every time. I started using titanium backup and I would just go reinstall it along with data. It would happen to me using adwEX as well and once I went back to the stock launcher and it hasn't happened since. Going a month without an app deleting itself now. This issue is definitely way over my head...
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I've had the same issue. Apps kept disappearing. A soft reboot wouldn't bring them back, but I found if you pull the battery, the apps come back. I'm stock and rooted.
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duongdn said:
I've had the same issue. Apps kept disappearing. A soft reboot wouldn't bring them back, but I found if you pull the battery, the apps come back. I'm stock and rooted.
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Let me give this a shot because this morning I went to use the FM radio and noticed it's also gone. I went into the system/app folder with Root Explorer and found the following apk's with a blue icon rather than the ones they would normally have. I dont know wtf happened to my phone but it's been kinda jacked lately. Stock rooted only.
Missing apk's
ApplicationsProvider
AtCmd
BatteryManager
BlurUpdater
CertificateProvider
CertInstaller
ChargeOnlyMode
DownloadProvider
DrmProvider
ExtDispService
FMRadioService
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GooglePartnerSetup
GoogleServicesFramework
HTMLViewer
KpiLogger
LatinIME
LatinIme_2
MarketUpdater
MasterClearErrorReport
MediaProvider
MediaUploader
MirrorService
MotoAtCmdPlugin
MotoAtCmdQcPlugin
NetworkLocation
NetworkStatusService
PackageInstaller
PhoneAddons
PhoneConfig
PicoTts
PortalApp
PrefAct
QuickSms
SetupWizard
SpellingCheckService
SprintOMADMConnMoPlugin
SprintOMADMMMEPlugin
SprintOMADMMmsPlugin
SprintOMADMWimaxplugin
SprintService
Usb
UserDictionary
VpnClient
WiMaxScanWidget

kennypow3rs said:
Wow thats so weird. I swear I made a post about this back in Sept and people probably thought I was crazy lol. I would reboot and my XDA or Riptide Gp would always disappear. I couldn't understand it, those suckers were deleting themselves every time. I started using titanium backup and I would just go reinstall it along with data. It would happen to me using adwEX as well and once I went back to the stock launcher and it hasn't happened since. Going a month without an app deleting itself now. This issue is definitely way over my head...
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How did you get back to your stock launcher? It's BlurHome correct? I no longer have it as a choice although it's showing in my apps folder and is installed

MikeyLee said:
How did you get back to your stock launcher? It's BlurHome correct? I no longer have it as a choice although it's showing in my apps folder and is installed
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I also think that this may have happened after flashing the no clock zip in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377557
I never noticed it before then.
Edit, my girlfriends has the same things missing and she does not have the clock mod so it's not that. She also uses GoLauncher and it stock rooted.
Home apk and moto fm radio apk's are installed but the apps don't show up. Does anyone know the correct permissions for these two?

Rooted Stock
My apps are disappearing too. Very weird, not sure why. Was using GO Launcher, switched to Zeam. Hope to see some improvements

I still can't figure out why I have my FM radio on my system/app folder but it is not in my apparently drawer. My stock home lanucher will not launch either and says "this is not a motoblur device" wtf?
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Evolution Fonts - Flash in CWM

I edited the Evolution_Font install zip so that it doesn't remove the odex files. I just installed this using Clockwork and it's working fine for me. I recommend making a nandroid before doing this though just in case and as always if you brick your phone don't blame me.
The original font pack came from the Evolution theme, I don't take any credit for this and if whoever did create it wants it taken down I have no problem doing so.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/bugless/67172-theme-bugless-evolution-rom.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736487
edit: Added the Default font if you want to switch back.
I flashed it but now for some reason I cant load my downloads in the market, prob unrelated but other than that fonts work just fine.
Ok after a reboot it works just fine now, wonder what that was?
The font is a lot smaller than the stock, but I like it. Like it gives it a cleaner look or something.
after running quadrant with that loaded, I am convinced it did something else, the screen just looks more crisp.
destroyerbmx said:
I flashed it but now for some reason I cant load my downloads in the market, prob unrelated but other than that fonts work just fine.
Ok after a reboot it works just fine now, wonder what that was?
The font is a lot smaller than the stock, but I like it. Like it gives it a cleaner look or something.
after running quadrant with that loaded, I am convinced it did something else, the screen just looks more crisp.
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Also happening to me but a reboot did not fix it.
kvaughan said:
Also happening to me but a reboot did not fix it.
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i concur.. after a reboot.. im getting a server error has occoured... gonna restore my backup
I just flashed and all is well, no market errors for me on wifi at least.
With just data i received server error once, hit retry then it worked fine.
bikeandestroyx said:
I just flashed and all is well, no market errors for me on wifi at least.
With just data i received server error once, hit retry then it worked fine.
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itd entirely possible there is some sort of server maintenance or something... when i installed app brain a month ago there just happened to be server issues that night.. i assumed it was the new software.. logical right?
im running some backup/restore tests now... takes a while...
I couldn't get anything to authorize or download from market... used nandroid backup and worked fine after...
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my first phone blew up and I am on a replacement, running JT 1.2 voodoo and fonts still installed fine and no market error.
Love it...
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not completely related, but i figured since the OP knows of the themes the fonts originate from, would i be able to just install the Launcher pro that is themes in the bugless evolution rom? i basically want the widgets...
edit: so i decided to just make a nandroid and then see what happens.
worked just fine! the widgets and the font go nicely together!
Thanks now if we could get a flipfont apk port that would be great.
Love the font, but I too am getting a market error. Trying to install other apps and it FC's and then the apps are stuck "installing" can't cancel them out.
Flipped to wifi, same issue. Gonna shut it down, pop the battery and see if that does the trick.
EDIT: Yup, market still continues to crash even after a couple reboots and a battery pull. Why would this cause the install/market to crash?
which market apk are you using? the original one or the 2.2 version?
mine is working fine (i use the 2.2 market)
Using the updated version. As far as I recall.
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Did you have to be on a deodexed Rom to use this?
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CDODGE said:
Did you have to be on a deodexed Rom to use this?
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no, i'm running it on the stock rom with root and voodoo
My setup Voodoo/oc'd kernel/aosp boot animations/deodexed Market 2.2 and have NO issues with this font whatsoever.
You did flash it through CWM correct?
I uninstalled the market update, went back in and downloaded the apps that were hung on install (as they were still showing "installing..." on the market page, even after a CWM restore) and it worked.
I can live without the new market until 2.2

Force Closing process....com.motorola.contacts

Hey guys I'm having trouble with the com.motorola.contacts force closing on me.
I recently ported the alien theme to the latest stock rom.
Now I'm getting that error and I'm not sure why I changed the contacts apk back to stock and it worked until I added my social networks and now it crashes again.
Any ideas on why this is happening? Maybe I need to change the setup apk back to stock also....trying to avoid that and yes I wiped the cache and all even factory rest via bootstrap
Thanks guys
You might have removed some of the other dependencies - such as the blur yahoo package, etc
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the physical apk no everything is in its place only things I took out are the sprint apks
At first my text messaging would not vibrate alert me until I removed the moded apk and added the stock. I'm trying to figure why some stuff is flipping out and the rest aren't
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I am having the EXACT same error with my contacts today and I have done nothing to phone except one click root and that has never caused me any problems with my contacts.
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A heads up all. I found my problem. I installed the new Google+ 2.0 that is supposed to be for Ice Cream Sandwich. I just uninstalled it and my contacts work again.
Thanks it worked. Makes me think ics is gonna have integrated g+ support
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AJC9000 said:
Thanks it worked. Makes me think ics is gonna have integrated g+ support
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pete720 deserve that you hit his thank meter.
rohit3192 said:
pete720 deserve that you hit his thank meter.
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Ha forgot I could thank him on the app
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This didn't work for me!
did you remove one of the social apps? " think it is "social sharing" that is needed to touch onto a contact while in messaging.
You having any luck over on your end Bro? Or still getting the FC's?
Ever figure this out? Mine happened after I tried moving the social apps out of the apps directory. Moved them back in and fixed permissions...same force close. Did a couple factory resets including internal storage and with the phone clean after that it still force closes! Not sure what else to try now.
Not to jack this thread, where can I find the old Google+ at? My phone was perfect until 2.0! Now I, like you, have problems with that Social Networking. 1. I cannot even add Google+ to it! 2. SPB 3d Shell sometimes freezes when I pass the panel with Social Networking on it.
The only thing different between this phone and replacement is Google+ and I can tell by the new red icon!
adamjt said:
Ever figure this out? Mine happened after I tried moving the social apps out of the apps directory. Moved them back in and fixed permissions...same force close. Did a couple factory resets including internal storage and with the phone clean after that it still force closes! Not sure what else to try now.
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I had this happening to me and did the factory reset even through the stock recovery, but that didn't help. The only thing that worked to get it back was install the stock SBF. After that contacts worked again.
I was able to narrow done my problem to when I froze the Desk Home app in Titanium Backup. Then instantly I got the contacts force close error. Now it doesn't work again, even if I unfreeze the Desk Home app.
I will try again to see if I can reproduce the problem the way I did it.
I got this issue for a while after using Titanium Backup to "freeze" the Yahoo authenticator, and Yahoo Contacts on a stock (rooted) rom. After defrosting them the contacts came back. Props to Pete720 for the idea.
I deleted the yahoo and sprint apks and my contacts apk is fc how can i get them back
One friendly tip, next time use Titanitum Backup to Freeze the applications instead of deleting them. After a reboot they will appear invisible to the phone (not starting, not hogging any RAM) but for situations like this you can Unfreeze them to make them work again
Yahoo Contacts is not a dependency, Contacts work fine with frozen Yahoo Contacts. I tried tried freezing/unfreezing back and forth a bit and to me it seems like Motorola Contacts depends on all the Authenticator apk's, even if you don't use them. I only use Corporate Sync and Google Accounts but had to unfreeze all Authenticator apps to make the Contacts work again.
You will need all the com.motorola.blur.provider apk's. I don't know if I can help you since I have a Defy+ running 2.3.6 (there might be apk differences) but let me know if you don't find anything anywhere else and I could try to extract the apk's for you as a last resort
im getting forced closing on (com.motorola.phone),,,any idea what causes that
had that force close on phone issue b4... when i wasnt on a diff from ##data# and reset data profile fixed it just fine. when i had it happen on cm9 i just wipped phone 2 times and the format system thing and re installed rom and all was fixed.

[Q] Anyone have issues with XDA App after rom restores?

I never have any issues with any other apps after I restore via CWM. The XDA App though is always a problem. I bought the Premium version through Amazon and use it now as I'm on AOKP. When I was on UnNamed before, I had a ICS themed version from one of the theme devs. I still have that apk.
I recently went back for just an hour to my UnNamed backup and now I'm back into AOKP. I cannot for the life of me get the app to reinstall. The shorcut says 'App isn't installed' and whether I try to install the themed version or the version from Amazon, both come back and say 'X Application not installed'.
I see no reference of it anywhere in my apps list and no option to remove it. Even TiBu won't restore it - it stalls out. No apk in /data/app.
Any ideas?
[EDIT] I went through via Root Explorer and removed everything I could find doing a search for 'XDA' that looked like it might be some rogue file left behind and removed it. Yeah that did nothing.
Oh and one last thing, this has been an ongoing issue from when I was on UnNamed as well. Back whenever I'd do a complete wipe and restore, XDA would always need to be reinstalled. I can't think of ONE time where it worked perfect.
I am unable to get XDA premium to install after flashing an ics rom. I even went back to Gingerbread and it still wont install. Ive just settled on using the free version.
capathy21 said:
I am unable to get XDA premium to install after flashing an ics rom. I even went back to Gingerbread and it still wont install. Ive just settled on using the free version.
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Yeah I went back to GB last night and was unable to install my ICS Premium themed version (apk on sd card) but the Premium version on Amazon installed fine. This issue has me baffled beyond belief...
So I finally found the source of the problem. Because I bought the App from Amazon, each and every time I do a restore, the Amazon Store info for whatever reason gets screwed up. The system thinks it's still installed yet it's nowhere to be found.
The long and short of it is that you have to 'Clear Data' in 'Manage Applications' for the Amazon App. After doing this, log back in and the XDA App then shows back up as 'Install' instead of 'Open'. Pretty screwy but it works.

Confused about Titanium Backup's Freeze and Uninstall options.¿?¿?

Hi, just curious, I thought freezing and uninstalling an app through Titanium backup were the same thing?
I uninstalled htc lockscreen .apk, and the lockscreen went back to the oldschool style.
BUT, when i just freezed it, nothing happens. Its still the same lockscreen...???
I know this is a newb questions, but I could have sworn since my OG Evo days, that freezing is the same as uninstalling?
Mind sharing some of your insights?
THanks!!
That is weird I just froze the lock screen and was wondering why it didn't change!
I renamed the. Apk and the. Odex file and I have the stock ics lock screen now. Weird.
I believe freezing an app just removes it from being seen by the system (and user) kind of like hiding it and not having it use any resources. while uninstalling is completely deleting the item. For lockscreen, i've never frozen it, but you should back it up and then uninstall. Should work like the old EVO since apparently freezing didn't work
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fastmikey1969 said:
That is weird I just froze the lock screen and was wondering why it didn't change!
I renamed the. Apk and the. Odex file and I have the stock ics lock screen now. Weird.
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Can you tell me which directory you found the .apk file? (htclockscreen.apk I believe?)
I have no idea which folder to begin to look at
Steven 1 said:
I believe freezing an app just removes it from being seen by the system (and user) kind of like hiding it and not having it use any resources. while uninstalling is completely deleting the item. For lockscreen, i've never frozen it, but you should back it up and then uninstall. Should work like the old EVO since apparently freezing didn't work
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I tried backing up the lockscreen.apk, but i couldn't restore it for some reason... So I just reflashed the rom. I guess I could try again, but not sure what went wrong
assumption said:
Can you tell me which directory you found the .apk file? (htclockscreen.apk I believe?)
I have no idea which folder to begin to look at
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It's under /system/app/

Is My Atrix SLOWLY Bricking??

about a month ago this happend to me:
out of the blue everything on my phone started FC repeatedly (whatsapp, camera, Luancher Pro, phone, etc..) so pulled out the battery and it then it didnt want to boot up so i tried a fresh install from recovery but.. recovery was crashing as well and i had to pull out the battery every time. finally afer playing a speed game with the phone i got to re install (i wiped user chache/data /dalvik ) and the problem was gone ...
these recent days some apps started FC on me but i thought i was somewhat common .. mainly Mi file explorer .. so right now my phone started to do the same thing again.. FC everything! The main one crashing is = the process com.android.phone stopped unexpectedly. i have no signal now and cant open anything.. if i pull out battery I know it wont boot up and may not let me use recovery without a hassle!
i dont know if this has to do with but when i install a rom ( i had topsmarts 1.3) i use root uninstaller to uninstall lots things i dont want like: weather and news, terminal emulater, dev tools, es explorer..
what is can be causing this problem and what can i do to fix it??? it looks like i wont be using it today because its as good as a brick right now.
edit before OP: i selected reboot and as expected its looping at the Unlocked screen:crying:
Try re-flashing it anyway... if there's a recovery problem again let us know
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ticiano_arraes said:
Try re-flashing it anyway... if there's a recovery problem again let us know
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hey so i went into recovery and wiped and re-installed like normal... and its up and running again..
but the question is what causes it? i dont want this to happen again in X days
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hey so i went into recovery and wiped and re-installed like normal... and its up and running again..
but the question is what causes it? i dont want this to happen again in X days
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It's not a living thing or a machine with mechanics that suddenly doesn't work because of a misconception. If it was a misconception it would not work at all. If you solved it by reflashing, then it's a software issue and it won't happen again if your CWM image is not broken. But just to make sure I would reflash CWM to make sure it doesn't cause any trouble.
and be careful with removing system apps
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I believe it was you removing system apps which caused your problems. You should always freeze system apps instead of uninstalling/removing them. That way if your phone starts to act up you can thaw/unfreeze them until you figure out which one is causing the issue.
ticiano_arraes said:
and be careful with removing system apps
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Exactly. Removing system apps can result in accidental removal of base code and intrinsic system processes that are required for your ROM to function properly. These apps can probably be disabled and hidden instead of removing them altogether.
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A logcat would help tremendously here. Would show exactly why things are FCing.
sorry i dont know how to do a logcat .. but the things i remove are:
es file explorer
news and weather
gtalk
terminal emulator
theme chooser
voice dailer
antmiu2 said:
sorry i dont know how to do a logcat .. but the things i remove are:
es file explorer
news and weather
gtalk
terminal emulator
theme chooser
voice dailer
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You really have to freeze apps one by one if you are unsure of what you are doing. On stock Blur build for example, Yahoo Authenticator can cause FC issues with your contacts if you freeze or delete it. You wouldn't think this would affect your contacts, but it does.

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